Comments on: Pirates Push For Postseason, Acquire Wandy

By: Butters

Butters — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 07:29:16 +0000

“One could argue that Houston has failed to acquire a true top-tier prospect this season….”

Um, yeah. In fact, it cannot rationally be argued otherwise. This so-called “depth” they’ve gathered would better be described as, you know, “garbage.”

Grossman has a chance to be a 2-3 WAR player, mebbe even a bit better over his prime years. But ALL the others, Pirate farmhands or otherwise, are dreck — and the author insults us by suggesting any different.

“New wave of talent”? “Transform”? Give me a break, Breen. You yourself showed us these guys — again, all but Grossman — were basically about as highly-rated & useful as a one-legged man at an ass-kicking contest…and THEN you try to tell us they have some semblence of REAL value because…um…oh, right, because the Houston farm system has recently been SO dreadful that adding any discarded fecal matter from another organization MUST therefore qualify as a meaningful upgrade.

Go back to school for a logic course. Grade school.

By: imadushbag

imadushbag — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 05:54:14 +0000

No way they trade lincoln, maybe hammer though.

By: Tom Au

Tom Au — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:23:30 +0000

The acquisition of Wandy Rodriguez “frees up” weaker Pirates’ pitchers for trade: Kevin Correia, Erik Bedard, and most of all, Brad Lincoln.

By: jacob glick

jacob glick — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:18:08 +0000

I wonder if the Pirates are considering trading James McDonald. He’s young, cheap, and his value will probably never be higher; he should fetch some good hitting talent, which the Pirates desperately need. The addition of Rodriguez will help keep the rotation solid until Cole and Taillon arrive.

By: jose

jose — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:44:05 +0000

How about Soriano from the Cubs? I know his defensive liabilities wont endear him with many, but he can still bat. And given better protection in the Pirate’s lineup than with the Cubs, might produce some good numbers. The Cubs would probably eat a significant part of the money, too.

By: Ryan S

Ryan S — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:51:23 +0000

this should help Wandy’s value as the Pirates, while not exactly the Rangers or Yankees in offensive output, are still putting up far more runs than the Astros. Also the park in Houston is pretty tough on southpaws with the short porch in left. When you look at his periph home/road splits this year he’s a much better pitcher away from Houston than he is in it. While the ERA doesn’t reflect that, his FIP is nearly a full run better on the road. So moving to a park that surpresses right handed power should greatly benefit him. When you also take into consideration that he’s a supreme groundball pitcher and the Pirates defense is lightyears ahead of Houston it should also help limit the number of baserunners

By: Ryan S

Ryan S — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:38:41 +0000

Value is all perspective. A 33 year old starting pitcher like Wandy Rodriguez has more value to a team chasing a division title than it does to a team that is just starting a rebuild process. There are certainly players on the Astros that have value that would not make sense to trade.